Fort Madison High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES 7 at the wlndows as we crawled th1u the down town streets J I was certa1nly amazed when we stopped before an 1mmense house and there were foot men butler and everyth1ng swell but when I entered the hall and a lady all dolled up took two of my fingers and called me My deah I actually w1shed I d llstened to Ma and was at that mmute at Aunt S 1m mntha s teachmg Theodore the parrot a new slang phrase Everythmg was bad enough but Mar1e was the end of the l1m1t She was the I+ rench mald Now 5 ou know V1ve le ro1 IS about the extent of my knowledge of the F1 ench language bes1des the Ou1 ou1 Mons1eur and I employed those two phrases constantly Mar1e thot I was fluffy After Id dressed for d1nner I saw Mar1e lookmg for my 1ewelry I flashed my class r1ng but Im afrald It dldn t 1mpress her I mformed her that I had a d1me and r1ng at dress to d1nner and was glad I had bl ought It because I hadn t dreamed Bess folks were so r1ch In all my perplex1ty how ever there was a l1fe saver Bess brother Arthur QI remembered hear1ng her speak of a brother Mat ty but concluded It was A1thurs pet namej was a d1 cam and he helped me over so many embarrassmg s1tuat1ons The next mornlng Bess1e came but Peg It wasn t Bess Burk at all Here I was an utter stranger 1n the home of the Shelley Lark Bourgues and they d been expect1ng Mary Cornell1 to 1 1s1t BGSSIQ F1nally the whole affa1r was stralghtened out and I left for Aunt Samantha s 1n the suburbs I never was so glad to see Auntle Theodore and the tabb1e cats Arthur brot me 1n h1s car I ve an engagement w 1th h1m ton1ght and Theodore keeps scream 1ng Arthur IS commg so I re'1l1ze xt IS t1me I stopped wr1t1ng and prepare for the Commg of Arthur ' 7 y 1 y v . A I c r v v . ' 7 . 1 7 7 Y Cl 77 7 7' 7 ' 7 . llc 1 , I I 1 c , J I . I c , . . . I , . I ,, . .,,. as ' ' ,' rr 7 ! 'K ' K . . , . . - u A A 1 , w 1 1 , u . 1' . u home and her attitude became more respectful. I wore my party . 4 Q . , , . D 7 7 I - , , . ' KK - 77 ' v 1 . 7 Y - , I . . Y , . Y ! X ' ' tl !7 9 7 , . A K 1 ' 9 , Y- . Q u . - . ,, . . ,, . . . . . . , I L L C4 ' !9

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES for IH my excltement I had forgotten to ask the boy 1n vxhlch d11ect1on the troops wele statloned Wh1le I xx as crouchmg behmd a tree pon dermg what I should do someone came up behind me and somethmg struck my head Then exelytlnng xx ent black When I gamed con sclousness I xxas lylng on tlns cot The gualds haxe been NCIY k1nd to me these three months and you have been more th xn kmd You ask 1f any of the runne1s vxent as far as B611 ut Bysant'P I do not know That IS what worrles me and no one w1ll glve me nevxs of them I do not th1nk of myself but of my people I am alxx ays sxymg to mx self Why IS It you are al lovxed such comforts Mu1 ad althou h IH a prlson 1n Altat xvhen your famlly and your 1 xce are qtalxlllgv A1e the Ame11cans help mg them or d1d11 t any of the lunners get to the coast? And I some t1mes xx hlsper But perhaps I can escape Perhaps I mlght get away soon and help my people I am sure By sant that lf I xvere only out of thls cell I could help and saxe them from some of then hudslnps But do not tell anyone vxhat I have sald my boy bec xuse one can never tell xx hat a Tulk w1ll MISTAKEN IDENTITY KA la SUIIZIILZ Pzchcznlsmzj MMM EAR PECGY Ivhen I left you standlng on the sta D tlon pl xtfo1m xely much red as to eg, es and nose Q 'haf-N ne1ther of us knew that I had an adventure 1n store J' f I got off of the t1a1n 1ust as I alxx ays dxd xx hen I came ' to Vlqlt Aunt Samantha You know Sis college chum Bess Burk extended an 1nv1t1t1on xvhen she v1s1ted us last so I coafced Ma to let me v1s1t the Bulk s 1n stead of Auntle xx1th her tabbles and parrott Well to contmue While I was standmg there an oldlsh man came up and sald You re Mary I m sure Well I am Mary so of course I Sald Yes and I plesume you are Mr Burk? I supposed Bess vxas on the othe1 SICIC of the statlon but he ushered me up to a great blg Hudson wlth a bebuttoned chauf feur He told me that Bess had been tl welmg and was detamed 1n some place out East that I was to make myself at home and all that sort of thlng CI dldn t hsten ve1y well because I xxas too busy gazmg c cf 7 4 N . . V I . . L L. Q - I , c c I v sv . v g . - . Y . . . I., I . 1 N v v 1 . T . 1 v 2 ' C ' 4 v 1 y 1 , Y c . ' . c c yn J f v vw 1. ' y U ' ' . 1 L T .c U. , C V I N 0' . . . . a f 9 o J 'Z 2. I T. ' ' c . - - - r , , yy , V I x CL u x - . v . H V 1 . a V - n V . y . 1 1 A y w .4 1 1 1 ' . c . c v C K , ,Y 2 . . v do. . W ' A ' I ,' 'L -' . r A. M., 17. 4 . U ' , A I .- I I '- .o. . f f 1 v - . 7 c , cs Tc I '-, 4 . n ' N ' M? L. C c K . 4' , 1 . T 1 c c 1 V . . . xg - l fl kt C 9 , . . I . ,x u a 1 . 1 u t . . - Cl ' K l I . . , . ' . , I L. ' A - W . V. . w . c . c . , - , ' ' . . '. , ' cr 1 s - y 9 n , . , ' cr , 9 a K 1 99 , , , - - . . . .. . , c . - 1 14 - . . . c 1 c c c Q c ' ' 7 '1 4 1 v ' a

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES THE END OF THE STORY EDWARD KREHBIEL MMM P ARDON me s1r can you dlrect me to the Sm1th Shlp A W plng Company? sald J1m Wells to a young man who Q4 'NH fx had stepped fl om the car Wlth h1m J' Sure come along I m a sh1pp1ng clerk there QM Through the w1ndow of the ofhce door J1m could C C, see an old man s1tt1ng near a table w1th other men grouped around h1m The old sklpper IS golng to g1ve us a yarn Lets go 1n and hsten sa1d the shlppmg clerk As J 1m crossed the threshold a strange look came 1nto the old man s eyes When the newcomers were seated the sklpper began Well boys Ill tell you the story that I have never been able to powder across the bay to a rallroad stat1on From here It was to be transferred to several Amerlcan cru1sers that were stat1oned five mlles north I had gone about halfway when a great black hulk loomed up suddenly ahead of me By a qulck turn of the wheel I managed to clear what I now percelved to be a schooner Before I could change my course however my boat was made fast to the schooner and I was taken on boa1d The thought flashed through my mxnd that I had been taken captlve by a Br1t1sh vessel I was taken to the cap tam who aftel looklng at me for some t1me turned around and talked earnestly IH a whlsper to hxs men From the few words that I heard I concluded two th ngs first that I was on a plrate vessel and second that they had mlstaken me for someone whom they had expected to meet At these words J1m moved as 1f to go but the look 1n the speaker s eyes restramed h1m W1thout seemmg to notlce the speaker con tmued The captaln ordered the shxp to be turned about agam The sallors rushed out to execute orders but at the same lnstant we heard the dull roarlng of cannon ahead The captaln brushed past me and I could hear h1m roar All sa1ls ahead' I was now qu1te forgotten 1n the excltement so I went out on th deck Here a totally dlfferent scene met my eyes On each Slde of the deck I made out the outhnes of cannon and I could see the men d1s trlbutlng powder and shot The rumble of the cannon could shll be heard and lookmg ahead I saw a dull red glow wxth a burst of flame 8 A , 1. , . . . - fr .iq .4 , . ' . H X 4' A N' 'l ' ' . ' I .,j' 1 . . . H . . . I , . . ,, . . . , . , . 66 ! ! end. Back in 1812, just after the war began, I was taking a load of 9 I 7 Y 1 X . ' 3 f - ' . . , , , 9 I t !! . . . , L C . H . . . , I . - , . Y u K A 1 ' , , . ,, . . . , 9 . . I L 1. . . 5